BBC Charter

The BBC Charter established the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). An accompanying Agreement recognises its editorial independence and sets out its public obligations in detail. Each Charter has run for ten years.

The most recent Charter was granted to the BBC on 19 September 2006. It took full effect from 1 January 2007 and runs until 31 December 2016

A number of important changes were made in the latest Charter to the Corporation's management and purpose:

Abolition of the Board of Governors, and their replacement by the BBC Trust.

A redefinition of the BBC's "public services" (which are considered its prime function):

Sustaining citizenship and civil society;

Promoting education and learning;

Stimulating creativity and cultural excellence;

Representing the UK, its nations, regions and communities;

Bringing the UK to the world and the world to the UK;

Helping to deliver to the public the benefit of emerging communications technologies and services, and taking a leading role in the switchover to digital television.

BBC Charter

The BBC Charter established the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). An accompanying Agreement recognises its editorial independence and sets out its public obligations in detail. Each Charter has run for ten years.

The most recent Charter was granted to the BBC on 19 September 2006. It took full effect from 1 January 2007 and runs until 31 December 2016

A number of important changes were made in the latest Charter to the Corporation's management and purpose:

Abolition of the Board of Governors, and their replacement by the BBC Trust.

A redefinition of the BBC's "public services" (which are considered its prime function):

Sustaining citizenship and civil society;

Promoting education and learning;

Stimulating creativity and cultural excellence;

Representing the UK, its nations, regions and communities;

Bringing the UK to the world and the world to the UK;

Helping to deliver to the public the benefit of emerging communications technologies and services, and taking a leading role in the switchover to digital television.

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But should Mr Sitwell also be barred from ever appearing again on the BBC's Masterchef, ... But as the BBC's complaints unit has recognised, even The News Quiz on Radio 4, on which Ms Calman called Mrs May a coward, has an obligation under the BBCCharter to be politically unbiased....

But should Mr Sitwell also be barred from ever appearing again on the BBC's Masterchef, ... But as the BBC's complaints unit has recognised, even The News Quiz on Radio 4, on which Ms Calman called Mrs May a coward, has an obligation under the BBCCharter to be politically unbiased....

... commitments for the end of this year as set out in the BBC's Charter." The Beeb is stressing that while it will invite bids from other producers on how to improve Countryfile, "a final commissioning decision on the Daytime series will be made at a later date"....

Concerns have been raised over how the BBC will cope when it begins funding free TV licences for the over-75s ... The free licences were first introduced by Gordon Brown in 2001, but during charter renewal negotiations in 2015 ministers pressured the BBC to start shouldering the bill for the benefit....

Concerns have been raised over how the BBC will cope when it begins funding free TV licences for the over-75s ... The free licences were first introduced by Gordon Brown in 2001, but during charter renewal negotiations in 2015 ministers pressured the BBC to start shouldering the bill for the benefit....

The BBC is failing female employees who suffer under an “invidious culture” of discrimination against women, a report on pay equality at the broadcaster has said ... “The BBC has failed to live up to this duty ... The newBBCcharter stipulated that staff earning over £150,000 should have their earnings made public ... The BBC said....

BBC director general LordHall said in September it was looking at the future of the £725 million subsidy scheme after taking on responsibility from the Government as part of its charter renewal negotiations ... During charter renewal negotiations in 2015 ministers pressured the BBC to start shouldering the bill for the benefit....

The BBC is set to scrap or restrict free TV licences for over 75 because they’re ‘richer’ than when the policy was introduced ... The BBC is set to scrap free TV licences for people over 75 (Picture ... During charter renewal negotiations in 2015, ministers pressured the BBC to start shouldering the bill for the benefit....

Graham Norton has criticised the "pathetic" decision to publish BBC star salaries, and said some of the figures bear little relation to reality ... The BBC director-general, Lord Hall of Birkenhead, has described the salary list as a "poacher's charter" and has told MPs that it was a factor in Evans' departure....

Justin Milne resigned from the national broadcaster amid reports he had called for journalists to be fired because their reporting was disliked by the Australian government, the BBC reported ... "They hate her... Get rid of her ... The ABC is funded by public money, but has its editorial independence protected by a legislated charter, the BBC said ... --IANS ... ....